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	<title>Allina News &#187; Pioneer Press</title>
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		<title>An altruistic donor in Minneapolis triggers a series of five transplants in two states</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/07/23/an-altruistic-donor-in-minneapolis-triggers-a-series-of-five-transplants-in-two-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, July 23, 2010] Hospitals in the Twin Cities and Fargo, N.D., reported Thursday an unusual series of five kidney transplant surgeries that shows just how far doctors are going to stretch the limited supply of organ donors. The so-called &#8220;kidney chain&#8221; got started this month with an altruistic donor in Minneapolis who donated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses&#8217; contract fight spills onto Web</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/04/30/nurses-contract-fight-spills-onto-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 30, 2010] &#8220;The great thing (with social media) is that we have a measurable way to gauge public opinion, support and feedback on negotiations,&#8221; said John Nemo, an MNA spokesman. &#8220;And we can also share that input with our members instantaneously.&#8221; Representing the majority of metro hospitals, the Allina, Children&#8217;s, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take two needles and call me in the morning</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/04/14/take-two-needles-and-call-me-in-the-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 14, 2010] Five patients — with three new knees and two new hips among them — were rolled into a dimmed, windowless room at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis for group acupuncture. None had received the treatment before, but Cynthia Miller, a clinical acupuncturist, quickly had thin needles protruding from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic pacemaker works with MRIs</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/03/31/medtronic-pacemaker-works-with-mris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, March 30, 2010] Heart doctors are cheering news that Fridley-based Medtronic is moving closer to marketing the first MRI-compatible pacemaker in the U.S. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s an advantage for Medtronic,&#8221; said Dr. Robert Hauser, a cardiologist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. &#8220;(But) there are multiple factors that physicians must weigh in selecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close call has OSHA putting renewed emphasis on grain bin safety</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/02/09/close-call-has-osha-putting-renewed-emphasis-on-grain-bin-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Feb. 9, 2010] Four days after spending more than eight hours trapped up to his chest inside a Farmington grain silo, Mark Malecha returned to work Monday. Authorities are investigating reports he was not wearing a safety harness when, while attempting to unclog clumped or frozen grain, he fell into the bin Thursday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency treatment center to compete with Woodwinds hospital in Woodbury</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/02/03/emergency-treatment-center-to-compete-with-woodwinds-hospital-in-woodbury/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Allina Clinics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Feb. 3, 2010] A group of Twin Cities emergency physicians plans to open a standalone emergency treatment center in Woodbury—hoping to provide faster, cheaper care than the Woodwinds hospital ER a mile away. The group practice has been planning a standalone treatment center for three years, but targeted the east metro suburb after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail heath</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/01/24/retail-heath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Jan. 24, 2010] There&#8217;s a chill in the air for the once-hot retail health clinic industry as growth has stalled following a boom. As the retail clinic business has matured over the past two years, operators that once threatened to undermine the delivery of health care in the U.S. increasingly are finding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No fatal falls in Minnesota hospitals in 2009</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2010/01/14/no-fatal-falls-in-minnesota-hospitals-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Jan. 14, 2010] No patients in Minnesota hospitals died from falls last year — a first for the state since it started publicly reporting preventable hospital errors six years ago. Health officials said the decrease — down from 10 fall-related deaths in the previous reporting period — was a remarkable achievement that required the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merging municipal service can save money, increase quality</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/12/06/merging-municipal-service-can-save-money-increase-quality/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2009/12/06/merging-municipal-service-can-save-money-increase-quality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Dec. 06, 2009] Most city officials instinctively want to control their own services and preserve their identities—showing off the city name on water towers, police cars, snowplows and uniforms. Yet pride comes at a price. The state auditor&#8217;s office recently released figures that show that some cities are paying 10 times as much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Thanks Medics Who Saved Her</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/12/02/woman-gets-chance-to-thank-medics-who-saved-her-wcco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[WCCO, KARE11, Pioneer Press, Dec. 1, 2009] A woman who suffered a brain aneurysm in her home got a chance to thank the strangers who saved her life including paramedics from Allina&#8217;s ALF Ambulance Service. In Apple Valley Tuesday, Sandie Birdsall got a chance to hug the first responders who came to her aid exactly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As H1N1 flu cases fall, more vaccine available in Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/11/25/as-h1n1-flu-cases-fall-more-vaccine-available-in-minnesota/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer press, Nov. 25, 2009] A continued decrease in reported H1N1 flu cases and an increase in vaccine stores will allow most people up to 24 years old to qualify for the vaccine, state health officials said Tuesday. The new vaccination guidelines will allow an estimated 2.7 million Minnesotan to qualify for the vaccine, compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ever-evolving heart valve</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/11/24/the-ever-evolving-heart-valve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Nov. 20, 2009] A life-saving side market for the next generation of high-profile transcatheter devices also promises growth for med-tech companies. Life dealt Ruth Schuenke a tough hand last year. After her husband passed away in May following years with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, the 84-year-old Burnsville resident saw her own health steadily decline due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10-year project to reduce heart attacks in New Ulm shows promise</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/11/07/10-year-project-to-reduce-heart-attacks-in-new-ulm-shows-promise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Nov. 7, 2009] A 10-year experiment to determine whether one community can cut or even eliminate heart attacks has shown early progress, according to Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics. After one year, Allina&#8217;s Heart of New Ulm project has identified thousands of people with heart problems or metabolic conditions that put them at risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At 100, a life far from ordinary</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/11/03/at-100-a-life-far-from-ordinary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Nov. 3, 2009] Dorothy Schadegg might shrug, but she&#8217;s packed a lot into her century of living. Flapper. Speed skater. Cabin builder. Wife. Widow. Explorer. And 22 years as a volunteer at United Hospital. Going to parties has put Dorothy Schadegg a little bit behind on preparing the Christmas stockings she sews every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis Optimist program offers desperate heart patients hope</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/10/28/minneapolis-optimist-program-offers-desperate-heart-patients-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[St. Paul Pioneer Press, Oct. 28, 2009] Once a year, the cardiac patients who were told to go home and die gather at Abbott Northwestern Hospital to toast their lives with fresh fruit and to hear from Dr. Tim Henry — the cardiologist who helped them beat the odds. It&#8217;s special for Henry, who hurried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The handyman&#039;s approach to CPR</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/10/18/the-handymans-approach-to-cpr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Oct. 18, 2009] People performing CPR chest compressions might fare better using a device that functions a bit like a toilet plunger rather than using their hands. That&#8217;s the unlikely notion at the heart of Roseville-based Advanced Circulatory Systems (ACS). Allina Medical Transport — the ambulance division of Minneapolis-based Allina Health System — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking matters into his own hands</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/10/04/taking-matters-into-his-own-hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Oct. 4, 2009]  Guitarist Billy McLaughlin was selling out shows in 1998 — playing more than 200 concerts a year, all around the United States — when he was on his way to a photo shoot for an album. He was pulling his youngest son, Blaise, out of the car when the boy&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced Heart Device Could Help More People</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2009/09/02/advanced-heart-device-could-help-more-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune &#38; Pioneer Press, Sept. 2, 2009] A widely anticipated heart disease study released Tuesday could boost the use of an advanced type of heart defibrillator made by companies with strong roots in Minnesota. &#8220;This will likely broaden the number of patients who will be treated with [CRT-D] devices,&#8221; said Dr. William Katsiyiannis, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Cancer Diagnosis, Eagan Fireman Takes on Fight of His Life</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Pioneer Press, Aug. 13, 2009] Roy Prudencio, the equipment manager for the Eagan Fire Department, used to pride himself on his good health. At the end of March, however, his wife noticed his skin looked jaundiced. A blood draw and CT scan revealed liver cancer. Since April, Prudencio has gone to Abbott Northwestern Hospital in [...]]]></description>
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